LANGUAGE OF THE AIR.

Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17410, 6 July 1928, Page 6

LANGUAGE OF THE AIR.

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With aviation so popular m the LTiii-Ju btates an air Êilaiy is ~0-mg mg iiwituu' la those lli tile game. Jt is eagerly learned Dy all youilg eniniisiastSj pioiessiomu and lay. liic* majority oi tiie worus are slang, altiiotign ,i low li.r. e been invented >i\ met hamciaiin and designers to meet

sciemirie eel i.s in tneir w«.n;. "bibssologist, ’ ior e-vannne, is applied to aerojiiane uesigners ween reierring to the special tactor oi stress and strain • t * that eineis into tiie construction oi an aeroplane. “A.igator is me new name tor an aenai naiigator. 'J'ernis m popular use are:— riungi y in/.zue: Amoulance ; believed to be a xii'itish importation.

Homing: ,"sweeping .suddenly to avoid an obstacle or a dangerous approach to earth.

nam rested: Applied to pilots wlio are heavy on controls, or generally clumsy. bKidiing: “Just ‘oozing' round the sky. ' as a. West Virginian pilot explained it. Windy: Scared; another British term, replacing the more cumbersome “ilit by a vertical gust.’’ and“ Got wind up his back." Fiat Spin: When a person becomes excited or confused aviators say “He went into a Hat spin.

Bought the Baby: instantly killed. Duelling: Doing first solo flight. This is a one-word drama. meaning ■•duelling with late. kee-Wee: An airman who has won his “wings" but remains on the ground. A kite: Loosely indicating an unidentified aeroplane. A Job: Always used when a particular aeroplane is mentioned. Covered Waggons: Applied to the first cabin aeroplanes and used for any 'planes in which pilot or passengers are sheltered. Huns: Cadets. This-was a war term, derived from the presiimption'that Hying cadets, were more daaigerotts to those below than the Germans. .

Alonkev Suit: Flying suit. Gadget : Now a (ommon term lor any small mechanical contrivance, but originating, and still used, its an aeroplane exnression. Cracked Up: Wrecked, but not necessarily ruined. Piled no: A more serious wreck. Washed Out: Wrecked and killed. Hav Wire Outfit: A crude ’plane. Crate: Somewhat better than the above, but “just an old crate.’’ Barnstormers': Itinerant flyers, appearing at lairs and race tracks, like Lindbergh in /his earlier years. A Western expression. Ground Loops: Touching the ground and rising again. Soup: Fog.